Southern Striping, and Asphalt Services

Southern Striping, Sealcoating, and Asphalt Services is a family-owned paving contractor based in Deatsville, Alabama, working with residential and commercial property owners in the Deatsville, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham areas. The company has been in operation since 1986.

Asphalt work covers new driveway and parking lot installation, overlays on existing pavement, and repair of surfaces that have begun to fail. The company treats the common failure modes directly — cracking, potholes and blowouts — and keeps both hot and cold patch material on hand so repairs can be made across a range of weather and traffic conditions rather than only in ideal conditions.

Pothole repair follows a defined method rather than a fill-and-go approach: the damaged area around the hole is cut out, the sides are sealed, the void is filled with appropriate material, and the patch is compacted using a vibrating plate or a roller depending on the size of the repair. The company also carries out pavement inspection and patching, examining surfaces for raveling, cracking and general wear that can be cut out and repaired before it develops further or ahead of a surface treatment. Most repairs carry a guarantee of up to two years from the date of completion.

Sealcoating and crack treatment round out the preventative side of the work, protecting asphalt from the water intrusion that drives most pavement deterioration. On the concrete side, the company handles repair and replacement of curbs, sidewalks, walkways and dumpster pads — the concrete elements that typically sit within or alongside a dumpster enclosure to resist the extreme conditions heavy trash trucks and steel dumpsters present to the pavement.

Work spans private driveways and commercial parking lots, and free estimates are provided for any of the company's services. For property owners in central Alabama who need asphalt, sealcoating and the associated concrete elements handled by one contractor, the company covers that combination in-house.